Abstract: A deformable hunting projectile has a one-piece body in the form of a turned red brass part with a tapering head part and a cylindrical guide part; a charge (7) of fine zinc or similar expansion agent is arranged in the head part and a charge of hard lead is arranged in the guide part. The charges are separated by a partition (13) formed in one piece from the body of the projectile, which is concave at the front and convex at the rear and therefore elastically deformable transversally. This, together with the deformability of the charges, permits good radial adaptation of the projectile to the barrel of a gun. The manufacture of the body of the projectile on a computer-controlled lathe ensures extremely precise concentricity of the charges with the outer surface. For use in propellant charge cartridges of various strengths, the projectiles can be manufactured with varying wall thicknesses of the head part.

Abstract: A modular system for hunting rifles comprises barrels (13) of different caliber which can be attached via a barrel-mounted positioning rail (19) to a respective mounting tongue (11) of a stock which represents the basic unit. The stock can be constructed as long or short repeating rifle or as single-shot rifle so that any combinations of calibers and weapon types can be assembled. At its end, the barrel has a locking bush with locking lugs which cooperate with complementary locking lugs of an exchangeable bolt head (47). A longitudinal guidance system for the breech may be accommodated outside the breech area below the barrel, especially between positioning rail (19) and mounting tongue (11) to thereby attain a short overall length of the weapon. Also, through providing the locking bush with a downwardly directed cutout (53) which allows the passage of the projectile nose of a cartridge, the overall length can be further reduced.